Central Argentine Railway

Central Argentine Railway
Native name
Ferrocarril Central Argentino
Company typePrivate
IndustryTransport
Predecessor
Founded1863
Defunct1948; 76 years ago (1948)
FateAcquired and nationalised by the Government of Argentina in 1948, becoming F.C. Mitre
SuccessorFerrocarriles Argentinos
Headquarters,
Area served
Center and North of Argentina
Key people
Henry Herbert Loveday
(General Manager)
ServicesRail transport
OwnerWilliam Wheelwright
Central Argentine Railway
Overview
Native nameFerrocarril Central Argentino
LocaleArgentina
Termini
StationsRosario Central [a]
Rosario Norte [b]
Córdoba
Santiago del Estero
History
Opened1863; 161 years ago (1863)
Closed1948; 76 years ago (1948)
Technical
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

The Central Argentine Railway, referred to as CA below, (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Argentino) was one of the Big Four broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) British companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina.[1][2] The company had been established in the 19th century, to serve the provinces of Santa Fe and Córdoba, in the east-central region of the country.[3] It would later extend its operations to Buenos Aires, Tucumán, and Santiago del Estero.[4] The railroad had a complicated relationship with its employees in the 1910s, and then it had a complicated relationship with the government of Argentina in the 1920s.[5][6]


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  1. ^ Goodwin, Paul B. (1974). "The Politics of Rate-Making: The British-Owned Railways and the Union Civica Radical, 1921-1928". Journal of Latin American Studies. 6 (2): 257–287. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00008981. JSTOR 156183. S2CID 144630162.
  2. ^ Duggan, Bernardo A.; Lewis, Colin M. (2019). Historical Dictionary of Argentina. Rowman and Littlefield. p. 121. ISBN 9781538119709.
  3. ^ Damus, Sylvester (1978). "Critique of Paul B. Goodwin's 'The Central Argentine Railway and the Economic Development of Argentina, 1854-1881'". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 58 (3): 470. doi:10.1215/00182168-58.3.468.
  4. ^ Badaloni, Laura (2017). "Black Lists and Labor Protest: The Central Argentine Railway and its Workers during World War I (in Spanish)". Historia Crítica. 66: 46.
  5. ^ Badaloni, Laura (2017). "Black Lists and Labor Protest: The Central Argentine Railway and its Workers during World War I (in Spanish)". Historia Crítica. 66: 47, 54.
  6. ^ Goodwin, Paul B. (1974). "The Politics of Rate-Making: The British-Owned Railways and the Union Civica Radical, 1921-1928". Journal of Latin American Studies. 6 (2): 257, 259, 263, 264, 269, 277, 278–279, 284–286. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00008981. JSTOR 156183. S2CID 144630162.